Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 89287

Tree Planting

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she plans to (a) monitor and (b) report progress on establishing new national forests.

Answer

Mary Creagh
All grants funded by the Nature for Climate fund are subject to the appropriate scrutiny as outlined in Defra’s Integrated Assurance and Approvals Strategy including checks on feasibility and value for money.